Как работает свет в ресторанах — и при чём тут геймдизайн.

The guest of this episode is Vasily Portnyagin, art director at DA bureau. The St. Petersburg-based firm has 11 years of experience and over 250 completed projects, including restaurants in London and Dubai. The conversation will explore the inner workings of restaurant architecture: layout as a scenario, lighting as a volume, and working with a lighting designer as a full-fledged contractor. Why a restaurant's integrity is more important than surprise. How level design in computer games became a source of inspiration. And why there's no difference between interiors and architecture—there's only design. The host of this episode is lighting designer and partner at L1 GROUP, Ivan Fedyanin. Maytoni Group is a European manufacturer of comprehensive lighting solutions for architectural and interior projects. We work with a professional community—architects, designers, and developers—ensuring flexible supply: from stock or custom-made to suit projects of any complexity. Our in-house R&D center and lighting laboratory allow us to develop and test products to international standards, guaranteeing consistent parameters for every batch. Maytoni Group products have received leading global design awards—the Red Dot Design Award, iF Design Award, A'Design Award, and MUSE Design Awards—recognizing the high level of design and engineering excellence. A portfolio of patents and a systematic approach to development underpin the brand's robust technological expertise. Maytoni Group—where design, technology, and reliability work together to enhance architecture. https://maytoni.ru/ 00:00:00 — Podcast "Civilization": About Lighting in Cafes and Restaurants 00:01:32 — Guest: Vasily Portnyagin — Who is he? 00:03:49 — Moscow vs. St. Petersburg: Which is Better for Restaurant Design? 00:05:06 — 250+ Projects: Why a Restaurant is the Best School for an Architect 00:10:32 — Professional Deformation: My Wife Suffered Every Time I Go to a Restaurant 00:11:48 — How to Evaluate a Restaurant: Integrity and Honesty Are More Important Than Design 00:15:56 — Why a Restaurant Today: A Social Space, Not an Attraction 00:17:34 — Honesty in a Restaurant Is More Important Than Surprise: A Wave That's Already Coming 00:19:06 — What a Restaurant Consists of: Design Is Just an Entrance Ticket 00:20:03 — Layout as a Scenario: Where It Begins Concept 00:22:03 — Clients come with one thing and leave with another 00:28:21 — Working with a lighting designer: how the process works in the studio 00:33:25 — How light lives in a restaurant after delivery — and what they do with it 00:38:25 — Author's style vs. repetition of techniques: what's the difference 00:40:26 — Digital detox and silence is stronger than noise: where to get inspiration 00:42:13 — Level design in game design as a textbook for an architect 00:47:16 — Projects built on light 00:52:00 — Restaurants in London and Dubai: what makes the Russian design school strong 01:01:07 — Budget and compromises: "Welcome — drywall and a can of paint" 01:07:08 — "The carrot in the front": on creative freedom in Russia 01:10:18 — An idea that works with any background and any budget 01:13:00 — Working with network brands: Econika and Poison Drop 01:16:44 — Favorite lamps: FLOS, a mushroom, and a hotel in Italy 01:26:00 — Does lighting affect a restaurant's business performance: an honest answer 01:28:52 — The journey from architecture to interior design and back Ivan Fedyanin: https://t.me/fedyanin_light L1 GROUP: www.l1group.ru DA bureau: https://t.me/da_bureau Civilization.Media project channel: https://t.me/civilizationspace Civilization app: https://t.me/civilization_app_bot Collaboration and feedback: [email protected]